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Haven't brewed in a long while.... I have everything needed for all-grain brewing, fermenting and serving. I'm listing some specific stuff here, technically I have a lot more bits - everything for bottling, kegging, serving etc... Been a while since I bought or sold this type of thing, so I...

I've been working my way through several APA and IPA batches with my favorite hops: Amarillo, Citra, Cascade, Warrior and Magnum, and need to look at tackling some of the other hops I have hanging out amongst the beer supplies. I'm looking to make an APA or IPA with some of the Nugget hops I...

I'm ready to step up from 5 to 10 gallon batches, but i'll be splitting the 10 gallons between 2 fermenters. For my first brew i want to make an IPA or pale ale. What are some of your ideas for using different yeast and/or dry hops to make the two a little different?

I have a request to make a grapefruity IPA, and my knowledge of hops and general recipe building is limited so I'm not sure which hops can make that happen, but I think I might have the right ingredients to make this happen. Can you help build a 5-gallon all-grain recipe for an IPA out of the...

I just started fermenting a batch o' brew (AHS Milk Chocolate Stout) in my old keezer with dual-stage temp controller. This is my first time fermenting with temp control - in the past the only temp control I've had is via swamp cooler and in moving the fermenter around to different spots in my...

Anyone have a favorite india/american pale ale recipe that would work good with citra and/or calypso hops? I have enough 2 row to make 2 5 gallon batches with a couple pounds each of rye, vienna, crystal 20 and maris otter along with 4 ouces each of citra and calypso. I have some wlp california...

I've made 3 all grain brews over the past few weeks and one had an unexpected low efficiency - I didn't have any DME on hand to help out with the initial low gravity so I just went ahead and fermented a 'light' beer. I'm brewing today and am doing my best to do everything right, but I happen to...

I'm finally moving my CO2 canister out of my keezer to make room for another keg and tap. I currently have a 3-body regulator attached to my CO2 so that I can carb and serve my 3 kegs at different levels. I'd like to leave those 3 regulators in the keezer, so I understand my options are: 1...

I just received the AHS newsletter saying they'll have wet hops soon. What does one do with wet hops?

I'm hauling all of my equipment across the state next weekend to help my brother-in-law build a kegerator and to brew 4-5 batches of beer. Most of the beer will stay at his house to ferment, but I'll want to bring one, maybe two batches home with me. Should I just cool it and wait to pitch until...

After brewing 11 extract or partial mash brews since January, I decided to try my hand at all grain and assembled the necessary parts over the last several weeks in the form of a 5 and 10 gallon home depot cooler, assorted stainless steel bits and pieces from bargainfittings.com and a stainless...

I've been drinking some of my AHS Anniversary Wit for a couple of weeks and it is absolutely delicious and the first brew that I think nobody would have an idea was brewed in my kitchen. I can't remember if this was a partial mash or extract, but i do remember that I followed a lot of the advice...

Anyone have a recipe for Titan IPA, or can you just tell me what hops are in it? I picked up a sixer of it and I've tried two bottles now and just can't handle it. In general, I love a good hop bomb, but either I've got a couple skunky brews or my palate is just not suited to the hop flavor...

Anyone convert a Home Depot rubbermaid 5 or 10 gallon cooler to MLT recently? I picked one of each up this week to use as MLT and HLT and want to buy a valve and fittings from bargainfittings.com - I'm looking for feedback as to whether I should get the keg/kettle bulkhead kit meant for 1/8 keg...

I'm a relatively new extract and partial mash brewer ready to move to all-grain in an incremental manner. I have access to a 10-gallon cooler that I was going to use as a mash tun so I'm interested in going in that direction vs. BIAB. I don't have 2 good size pots or burners. Is it reasonable to...

Started my first outdoor brew session today and just finished steeping grains when the clouds opened up and pissed all over me and my brew. I wasn't to concerned about the bit of extra water in the kettle and everything else was sealed up except for the 3/4 ounces of magnum bittering hops - they...

After attending a intro to home brewing at my LHBS (Maryland Homebrew AKA MDHB) and seeing the instructor with a home-based water filter attached to a hose meant for drinking water, I decided to build something similar on my own today, as my brewing is set to move out of the kitchen to the patio...

I currently have a 3 regulator setup from kegconnection.com like this 3 body, chudnow secondary regulator, high pressure connected directly to my co2 tank, sitting inside my keezer. I'm interested in moving the bottle outside of the keezer, running the gas line(s) through the collar. I've...

I brewed up a batch of AHS American Pale Ale (my first partial mash from their 20th anniversary $20 sale) on Monday night. Everything went well, pitched Nottingham around 70-degrees as I have been doing with my other brews and stashed the carboy in my hallway coat closet where the ambient temp...

I recently acquired a used 3-gallon ball-lock corny keg and took it apart last night to clean it out. The posts look fairly similar to the posts that I have on my firestone kegs, but the poppet is definitely different, looks like a cornelius poppet. I was interested in getting a replacement...